Chapter Eighty-Six: Simple!
The three of them walked down the dirt road to the banyan tree, listening to the breeze blowing through the leaves, leaving a rustling sound, as if they heard the chant of heaven and earth!
Next to it is Zhou Yu's home. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoA two-storey adobe house built in the eighties. A courtyard gate, a large courtyard surrounded by a bamboo fence. There are quite a few vegetable and fruit trees growing in it.
These slowly carry the joy of Zhou Yu's childhood!
"Mom and Dad! I am back! Zhou Yu took the two of them to the gate of the courtyard, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and saw that the door of the main house was closed and no one answered. The two rooms in the west wing are not locked.
"Uncle and aunt are not at home?" , Ling Xiaoxiao looked at Zhou Yu.
"I didn't call them, and they thought I wasn't coming back for the New Year. Maybe I went to the market! Zhou Yu pushed open the door of the west wing, which was a kitchen. After searching inside for a while, I finally found the key to the main house.
"Is the fisherboy back?" , Zhou Yu was just about to open the door when he heard an old man's voice outside the fence.
"It's Grandpa Chun, you haven't been to the market for a long time?" , Zhou Yu looked at an old man with gray hair outside the fence and said.
"It's a fisherman, your parents picked up the fish and sold it today, I don't think the sun will go down and it won't come back. Do you want to go to Grandpa Chun's house for dinner? I'll let your spring grandma burn it. Grandpa Chun saw that Zhou Yu had a guest, so he invited him.
Zhou Yu declined Grandpa Chun's kindness and took the two into the house.
"Isn't it disappointing?" , Zhou Yu looked at the expressions of the two, but Brother De still didn't react coldly, and he sat on the chair without even frowning. But Ling Xiaoxiao looked curiously, especially the dozen or so portraits of Chairman Mao on the wall.
"Zhou Yu, why don't you pave your land with cement?" , Ling Xiaoxiao finally shifted her gaze from the portrait.
"I didn't have money before, and now I don't need to. The house was old and ready for my father to renovate. Zhou Yu said while boiling water.
"Uncle and aunt are in the market to sell fish, why don't we go too?" , Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes began to glow, obviously she really wanted to go and see the market.
"If your appearance were to appear in the bazaar, it would probably cause a stampede." , Zhou Yu quipped.
"Then you're going to find me a hat?" , Ling Xiaoxiao said unconcernedly.
"Is Xiaoyu back?" , Just as Ling Xiaoxiao and Brother De were sitting and drinking tea, and Zhou Yu was about to find a new straw hat, there was a shout from outside the courtyard. Zhou Yu knew who it was as soon as he heard it.
"Third grandfather, why are you here?" , this is grandpa's cousin, a close relative of Zhou Yu.
"This is Xiaoyu, are you back for the New Year? Two days ago, I chatted with your parents and asked if you would come back. Your parents said not necessarily, saying that you are far away in the capital, and it is a waste of fare to travel back and forth. I didn't expect you to be back today! The third grandfather and Zhou Yu were talking in the courtyard, and the words that came out of the old man's mouth pierced his heart!
There are really not many people who are close to him, only his parents and the uncle's family and the third grandfather only live close, so they often move around, otherwise they really don't have much to deal with except for the New Year's holidays. And my cousin went to the magic capital after learning art, and it is estimated that he will not come back this year. The cousin didn't know if he had returned.
Since the death of his grandparents at a very young age, Zhou Yu feels lonely every Chinese New Year. Other peers have grandparents who love them, and they are lively and lively for the New Year. At home, parents often have a lot of things to do during the New Year, and they have to bow down for the debts they owe and send away a lot of people.
Now that I think about it, other children are looking forward to the New Year, shopping for things and wearing new clothes, and playing happily, but I am most afraid of the New Year, afraid of the same sad faces of my parents. After a year, the wrinkles on the faces of the two have deepened a lot!
Fortunately, I was able to come back in time, otherwise, my parents would be facing an empty house, and the two would definitely feel miserable.
"Third grandfather, did my parents go to the market or do something?" , in Zhou Yu's heart, he has never wanted to see his parents so strongly at this moment! He wanted to see if the gray hair on his parents' heads, whether there were more wrinkles at the corners of their eyes, and whether their slightly hunched backs were more curved!
Looking at the grandchildren who were already full of tears in their eyes, the old man's wrinkled face showed a smile, paused the crutches in his hand, and said with relief: "Your parents contracted the village reservoir to raise fish this year. It should still be selling fish in the market town. ”
"Thank you, third grandfather, I'll go see you when I come back." , that is, to take gifts and red envelopes to the elderly to greet the New Year. This is the tradition of the Zhou family, no matter how poor he is, Zhou Yu's father will take him to kowtow to the elders every year to give New Year's gifts.
"Xiaoxiao, do you think this straw hat will work?" , Zhou Yu found a straw hat that seemed to have just been bought, and said to Ling Xiaoxiao.
"Yes, it's beautiful." , Ling Xiaoxiao has never worn a straw hat, and she took it and buckled it on her head. The wide brim just obscures most of the stunning look.
The three of them locked the door and walked briskly to the car. Ling Xiaoxiao and Brother De seemed to be able to understand Zhou Yu's mood, and they also heard what the third grandfather said just now.
"Why does your family owe a lot of money? You don't have to go to school so much. Even though Ling Xiaoxiao was sitting in the car, she still pulled Zhou Yu's palm and didn't put it down.
"My grandparents had a sickness before they died, when I was young, and I only vaguely knew that my parents had borrowed tens of thousands. Although most of them are relatives, they calculate the interest! Zhou Yu said lightly.
"Relatives borrow money and have to pay interest!" , although Ling Xiaoxiao has seen it on TV and heard her roommate say something, relatives generally don't ask for IOUs when borrowing money from each other.
"There's no way, my family was also poor at that time, and my relatives were not at ease, so it was understandable." , Zhou Yu said with a wry smile.
When I arrived at the national highway, I drove in the other direction this time, and the market town was not in the direction of the city.
"Okay, okay, just stop in front of the elementary school, you see, there are a lot of people in the market town, and it will be troublesome to come out later." , this is the township to catch the market, everything is out of order. The bustling crowd rubbed shoulders one after another, and some people even set up stalls directly in the middle of the road, but no one cared or said. But this kind of market town is the most popular among rural people, because the more this is the case, the more cheap goods you can find.
What's more, the New Year is approaching, and the migrant workers are also back, and at this time, the narrow two or three kilometers of land, including the compound of the township government, are overcrowded!
"Wow, that's spectacular!" , Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes began to glow. For her, this kind of rush is very new. The eager expression surprised Degeda.
"President Ice is gone! This is the expression that a little girl should have. ", Dege thought secretly.
"Follow me or you'll be squeezed out." , Zhou Yu took Ling Xiaoxiao's hand, and the three of them slowly walked towards the market. Just a few hundred meters, it becomes difficult for three people to walk. Many fellow villagers who buy things have flat poles and baskets on their shoulders, and they have to bump into them if they are not careful.